Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have known are taught or trained.
Interpretation
Good dancing skills are not innate but can be developed through training and practice.
In the quote, Fred Astaire emphasizes the importance of education and training in mastering the art of dance. Although some may believe that talent alone accounts for great dancers, Astaire advocates for the idea that dedication, learning, and practice are crucial factors in achieving proficiency in any skill, including dance.
In practice
This quote can be used to inspire students in dance classes who feel discouraged about their abilities.
For ballroom dancing, remember that your partners have their own distinctive styles also. Cultivate flexibility. Be able to adapt your style to that of your partner. In doing so, you are not surrendering your individuality, but blending it with that of your partner.
It takes time to get a dance right, to create something memorable.
Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little.
I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.
I inherited the knowledge that sometimes (talents) not only skip a generation, but sometimes run screaming from it. Ironically, it was the singing non-ability that helped feed my love of laughter.
Either the camera will dance, or I will.
The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.
They're all so highly educated, you know. Education is a great shield against experience. It offers so much, ready-made and all from the best shops, that there's a temptation to miss your own life in pursuing the lives of your betters. It makes you wise in some ways, but it can make you a blindfolded fool in others.
Princeton ignited my intellectual curiosity and introduced me to a new social world. It... challenged me on the most fundamental levels imaginable. It was where I became a man.
At the bottom of education, at the bottom of politics, even at the bottom of religion, there must be for our race economic independence.
It's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written.
I think picture books should stretch children. I think they should be full of wonderful, amazing words.
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